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Have you been listening to M101 for a while? Did you like the good old days when we used to have really long shows? Well today's your lucky day! This is a two and a half hour long marathon special breaking down everything that happened in F1 in 2024! A full team-by-team breakdown takes place from the struggles of Sauber as they wait for Audi to cash in, to Red Bull Racing and their horrendous power struggle on and off the track. And of course, everything inbetween. Why Nico Hulkenberg and Haas caught so many flowers, why no team was messier than Alpine as the year rolled on, and why Aston Martin struggled so much.  There's also big questions up the front. Just what IS Lewis Hamilton heading into 2025 with Ferrari? Are Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris and George Russell now sitting amongst F1's true elite? And there's no way Max Verstappen can go five straight, right? All that and MUCH more on one of the biggest and best M101's we've ever done!  

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone at Motorsport101! To wrap up the festive season, here's the first part of our 2024 Season Review Season, as Dre, Cam and special guest Ryan Erik King look back at the world of two wheels in 2024! Just one small twist in the story - It's been a while since our last MotoGP episode and KTM has hit the skids since the season ended, with the company entering self-administration and revealing they're nearly THREE BILLION euros in debt. They're now scrambling to figure out a plan to save their Motorsport endeavours as the creditors recommend pulling out of MotoGP entirely. We try to understand what's happened and what could happen next to the factory, its racing team, and its riders. Then we get into the rest of the 2025 paddock, such as the struggles of Honda and Yamaha and their attempts to rise back into contention, the hurdles that plagued Aprilia's season of hope, and why Ducati ended up so dominant and why it's set to continue into 2025. And is Marc Marquez the favourite heading into next year? All that and more on Motorsport101!

After 24 Grand Prix, 7,500km in race distance alone, and plenty of use of Papaya, McLaren finally wrapped up their first Consturctors Championship since 1998. But they had to survive Oscar Piastri being spun out by Max Verstappen at the first corner, as well as Carlos Sainz breathing down their necks. Dre, Cam and RJ reviewing the final weekend of the year. How we got there was also wild, with George Russell and Max Verstappen engaging in unholy levels of petty beef. Dre breaks down why it also feels so rehashed. It was also the final race for Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes after 246 weekends together. Was the leaving party... a little much?  There's also a review into the final F2 and F1 Academy weekends of the year, and yet more enquires into FIA stewarding, all on another M101!

Oh boy, this was another doozy. More FIA shenanigans completely overshadowed F1's Qatar Grand Prix weekend for 2024. President Mohammed Ben Sulayem entered the weekend with yet more firings. This time it was deputy Race Director Janette Tan and Tim Mayer, a 15-year veteran steward. On top of that, he declared that it was "None of the driver's business" how he runs the FIA.  That was bad enough, but the action on track was equally messy. On Saturday, Max Verstappen was stripped of pole position after being deemed to have driven necessarily slowly, despite slowing down for other cars and George Russell accusing Max of a block. And then in the race, Alex Albon's fallen wing mirror caused carnage with two punctures to Carlos Sainz and Lewis Hamilton, and Lando Norris hit with a 10-second Stop and Go Penalty for ignoring double-waved yellows. Oh man, another Race Director's in hot water already.  Oh, and did we mention Max Verstappen won? And Esteban Ocon's been cut from Alpine a race early? Goodness me. All that in 70 minutes of Motorsport101!